Your first few weeks at school may seem terrifying, but hopefully it won’t be as bad as you think! Here are 8 tips you may find useful.
Read MoreIt won’t be as bad as you think! Picture: Terrified, by Terry Freedman
Review: The Illusionist Brain: The Neuroscience of Magic
I was surprised to read some of the clearest explanations of neuroscience I've yet come across.
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Review: The Great Exchange: Making the News in Early Modern Europe
In Wren's telling, the real history of the news isn't just a chronology of technological inventions.
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Review: Nature's Memory
One would think that the stories told by the exhibits in natural history museums are reasonably objective and factual, but apparently not.
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On this day in 2010: Review of the Dell Latitude 2110
“Oooh!” “Ah!” “Oh my!”. Such were the collective gasps emanating from the Freedman household when I unpacked the Dell Latitude 2110 Netbook I’d been sent to review. Slim, striking and silent (but enough about me), the Latitude certainly makes the grade as far as aesthetics are concerned. But how does it actually perform?
two girls chatting in Post Office. Picture generated in Ideogram.ai
Kids Aren’t Stupid (Updated)
I overheard a great conversation yesterday. Two girls were chatting behind me in the queue in the Post Office. From their discussion about school options and examinations, I’d say they were around 14 and 15 years old. Here’s part of the conversation, it really made me smile….
Read MoreOn this day: What is good practice in ICT and Computing?
I suppose this article will ruin for good my chances of a knighthood, but I am finding it harder and harder to keep quiet on this subject.
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The Scream, by Terry Freedman (with apologies to Munch)
Viruses and other nasties are a leadership issue -- updated for 2025
How vulnerable are schools to viruses and so on? Here are the results of a survey, plus some comments on the role of the ed tech leader in the school.
Read MoreThe importance of branding for computing in schools
One of the things you have to acknowledge, whether you like it or not, is that to some extent people do judge by appearances. So, how does your computing provision appear to others?
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Sadly not my typical committee meeting room! This was taken in a House of Lords Committee Room, by Terry Freedman
The pros and cons of having an e-learning committee in a school
In my past roles as ICT Co-ordinator or e-learning co-ordinator, I have formed and chaired an ICT or e-learning committee. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having such a body?
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Question marks, by Terry Freedman
Understanding exam grading
As the GCSE and ‘A’ Level results days are almost upon us, here are some useful guides as to what the gradings mean.
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Terry self-portrait, cartoonified, black & white, by Terry
Hubris in the world of education technology (Amended)
I believe that there's a fine line between letting people know you're an expert, and displaying too much self-regard. If keeping on the right side of that line proves a bit of a challenge, here are three "rules" that could help.
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A cartoon robot, by Terry Freedman
Blogging with AI
In preparation for a course on blogging that I ran a few years ago, I wanted to see how far I could get using AI tools to help me with my intended audience, outlining a post and drafting a whole article.
Read MoreMust-have features of computer rooms
While it's fashionable to decry the use of computer labs, still they continue to exist in many schools. If you have, or are thinking of having, a computer lab, what ought it to look like? What should it contain?
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Feedback, by Terry Freedman
Feedback on my recent blogging course
Only one person left a comment. Still, quality not quantity, that’s what I say.
Read MoreThe great training robbery
Someone posted in a Facebook group recently that he thinks he's been ripped off. He was pretty sure that someone who had attended a training course of his had taken his materials and then run the training in their school. So, what can you do to lessen the chance of something like this happening to you?
Read Moreone classroom, no computers, by Terry Freedman
Computing for teachers – better late than never?
This is the text of an unpublished article. I wrote it in 1999 and sent it off to the education editor of The Daily Telegraph. He rejected it. Oh well. The article will give you some idea of the issues we, the teachers of computing and information technology, were grappling with.
Read MoreAll hype and no text
This article was originally published in, I think, 1998. I thought some people might find it interesting to read about what the department for education in England was trying to do back then in terms of providing resources for teachers, and the issues about it that I thought should be addressed.
Read More50 Ways to contribute to a website (Revised)
This a revised version of a previously-published article.
Read MoreQuick looks: Listen in: How radio changed the home
Back in the 1930s, radio was the cutting edge technology in the home.
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